Ararahih'urípih
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yiimúsich a little ways off

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7081 | revised Feb 12 2016

yiimúsich ADV • a little ways off

Derivation yiiv mus-ich
far mus-DIM

Source: WB 1680.1, p.401

Note: Pron. with short /s/.

  • yiimúsich vúra utsîiprin. He looks from some distance off. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 015]
  • chavúra yiimúsich tu'uum. Finally he went a little ways. [Reference: WB T3.33]


Sentence examples (20)


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  1. xas    muyiimúsich    káru    ník    u'áraarahiti    áxak    yeeripáxvuhsa    kaan    kun'iin   
    then    a.little.ways.off    also    a.little    he.was.living    two    daughters    there    they.live   
    And (others) lived close by. Two girls lived there.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. itráhyar    pa'asípiitsa    káru    vaa    kóohoo    imvarámpiitsa    káru    itráhyar    síkih   
    ten    the.new.bowls    little.ways.off    that    as.much.as    new.plates    also    ten    spoon   
    There were ten new bowls, and also ten new plates, and also ten spoons.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. kári    xas    yiimúsich    tu'áhoo   
    then    then    little.ways.off    he.went   
    Then he went a short way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  4. yiimúsich    xas    nihyárihish   
    little.ways.off    then    I.stood   
    I stood a little way off.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  5. chavúra    yiimúsich    tu'uum   
    finally    little.ways.off    he.had.gone   
    Finally he went a little ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  6. yiimúsich    tóo    tsîip   
    little.ways.off    he.had    look.up   
    He looked off a little ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  7. payêem    vúra    yiimúsich    vúra    nikvíripshipreevish    uxus   
    now    Intensive    little.ways.off    Intensive    I.will.break.into.a.run    he.thought   
    "Now I'll break into a run just close to it," he thought.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  8. chavúra    puyiimúsich    uumára    táma    kúkuum    utápichfak   
    finally    not.a.little.ways    he.did.not.go    then    again    he.slips.downhill   
    Finally he hadn't got far, and again he slipped downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  9. yiimúsich    úhyiivti    chú    páy    axíich    pipúniich    táay    íp    imafúnvaansa   
    little.ways.off    he.was.shouting    here!    this    child    salmon.tail    much    PAST    beggars   
    Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  10. púyava    patée    kxurárahaak    yiimúsich    vúra    tóo    kpêehva    patu'ípak   
    you.see    when    when.it.was.evening    little.ways.off    Intensive    he.has    shout    when.he.has.returned   
    When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  11. kári    xás    yiimúsich    vúra    ukpêehva    axichapipúniishich   
    then    then    little.ways.off    Intensive    he.shouted    children-tail   
    Then he shouted a little ways off, "Little children-tail!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  12. yiimúsich    kúna    uum    táma    upikyívunih   
    little.ways.off    in.addition    3.SG    then    it.fell.back.down   
    But it fell down again just a little ways off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  13. yiimúsich    ník    tu'uum    kári    tupikyívunih   
    little.ways.off    a.little    it.went    then    it.fell.back.down   
    It went a little ways, then it fell down again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  14. yiimúsich    tóo    pmah    apsunmúnukich   
    little.ways.off    she.had    see.again    racer.snake   
    She saw Racer a little ways off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  15. víriva    yiimúsich    vúra    poo'ûupvutih   
    so    little.ways.off    Intensive    she.was.digging.roots   
    She dug roots a little ways away.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  16. yiimúsich    vúra    utsîip    pamukun'ikrívraam   
    little.ways.off    Intensive    he.caught.sight.of.it    their.house   
    He saw their house a little ways off.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  17. xás    mâam    kúuk    ukúniihva    yiimúsich    vúra   
    then    uphill    to.there    he.shot    little.ways.off    Intensive   
    So he shot a little ways uphillward.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  18. káruma    uum    yiimúsich    tu'íshunvaheen    pa'ápuroon   
    in.fact    3.SG    little.ways.off    she.had.hidden    the.charms   
    The fact was, she had hidden the charms some distance away.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  19. yiimúsich    xás    pakuníkpaaksur   
    little.ways.off    then    they.cut.off.them.off.straight   
    They cut them off some ways out (from the trunk).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  20. xás    pa'ávansa    vaa    vúra    úkviipti    kúnish    yiimúsich    payêem   
    then    the.man    so    Intensive    he.is.running    sort.of    little.ways.off    now   
    The man is running like that, sort of far away now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text